The Origin of the Soul

A Conversation
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-367-90407-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 602 g

Reihe: Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies

The Origin of the Soul is a contemporary retrieval of an important theological discussion throughout history. The origin of the soul is thought by many to be an outdated discussion that is theologically antiquated. And, yet, in recent years, there has been a renewed and growing interest not only in the soul, immaterial substances and theistic explanations for the origins of consciousness, but a more vibrant interest in the origins of the soul and the implications it has for numerous theological topics. This is due, in part, to the growing recognition in theistic circles that we are not material beings--at least not solely, but rather we are ensouled beings and it is this part, aspect, or feature of us that needs some explaining beyond biological evolution. The conversation that takes place in this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of both theology and philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Farris, Joshua

Leidenhag, Joanna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Charles Taliaferro

Introducing the Origin of the Soul

Joshua R Farris

1 Creationist-Dualism: Theistic neo-Cartesianism

Joshua R Farris

2 Theistic Quantum-Informational Idealism and the Soul Sub Specie Aeternitatis

Bruce L Gordon

3 Panpsychist-Traducianism: Souls as Fundamental and Combined

Joanna Leidenhag

4 The Emergence of Souls

William Hasker

5 A Hylemorphist View: Neither Creationism nor Traducianism

J.T. Turner, Jr.

Afterword

Peter van Inwagen

Über Autor(innen)

Joshua R. Farris Rev., Ph.D, is a Humboldt Experienced Researcher Fellow and Visiting Researcher at the Ruhr Universität Bochum. He is the co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Idealism and Immaterialism.

Joanna Leidenhag, PhD is Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at the University of Leeds. She is the author of Minding Creation: Theological Panpsychism and the Doctrine of Creation (2021), and co-author of Science-Engaged Theology (Cambridge Elements, 2023).